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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Albania	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,085	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,065	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,047	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,038	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,026	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,014	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,998	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,979	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,957	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,934	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,915	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,892	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	524	2,888	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	531	2,882	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	539	2,876	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	546	2,868	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	553	2,863	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	562	2,861	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	568	2,854	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	574	2,842	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	580	2,825	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	585	2,799	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	590	2,787	4,713

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Cape Verde, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.